Take the dark-eyed Junco, for example. It’s a ground-dwelling bird with a rounded head, a short, stout bill, and a long, flicking tail. It hops along the forest floor of Yosemite, and new research ...

But in the past few years, the school has established a relationship with Sacred Rok, a local nonprofit organization led by Katie Lambert and Ron Kauk, climbers who draw upon their own difficult ...

The most recent Eastern Sierra regional housing assessment doesn’t break much new ground, but it does confirm the need for more housing of all types in Mono and Inyo counties. It also updates the real ...

Coming out of that nebulous world, there is a definite attraction to hitting a nail with a hammer. The impact makes the hammer vibrate, the oak squeak, wrist and arm muscles clinch and release. It’s a ...

Microchimerism concerns the exchange of cells between a mother and fetus during pregnancy. Because it turns out the placenta is a two-way highway, allowing the migration of cells — cells that are able ...

In years past, the history of the town, the stories of its people, and the effort to preserve its heritage were deeply personal to those who lived here. The challenge now is that as the community ...